By The Numbers: Another Super Saturday

Breaking down Saturday’s fight cards in New Zealand and San Antonio By The Numbers...

This Saturday, UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt will take place on UFC FIGHT PASS in the morning and UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens will air on FOX Sports 1 at night. Let’s look at both events By The Numbers.

7250Approximate miles between Auckland, New Zealand, where UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt will take place, and San Antonio, Texas, where UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens will take place on the same day

480Approximate miles between Auckland and Darfield, New Zealand, where Maori headliner James Te Huna was born

14Current ranking for Te Huna as a UFC light heavyweight

185Pounds or middleweight, which Te Huna will be competing at for the first time inside the Octagon against Nate “The Great” Marquardt

1197Days between Nate “The Great” Marquardt’s forthcoming bout at 185 pounds and his last middleweight contest against Dan Miller at UFC 128

10UFC wins at middleweight for Marquardt, tied for 3rd all-time

73Percentage of Marquardt’s takedown accuracy as a UFC middleweight, highest takedown accuracy in middleweight history and second highest all-time to former UFC welterweight champion George St-Pierre’s 73.7%

27Takedowns at middleweight for “The Great”, tied for 4th in UFC middleweight history

8Knockdowns by Marquardt at 185 pounds, tied for 2nd most in UFC middleweight history behind only former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s 12

4Knockdowns by “The Great” against Dean Lister at UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon, most knockdowns in a single UFC fight ever

21Seconds for Marquardt to score a KO punch over Demian Maia at UFC 102, 5th fastest knockout in UFC 185 pounds’ history

13Submission attempts for Marquardt inside the Octagon, tied for 3rd most in UFC middleweight history

11Of Marquardt’s attempts were guillotine chokes, 5th most in UFC history

14Current ranking for Soa “The Hulk” Palelei as a UFC heavyweight

11Consecutive career wins/finishes for “The Hulk” via punches

7Career finishes in under a minute for Palelei

3Wins/finishes for Palelei via punches inside the Octagon

2Eerily similar wins in a row for “The Hulk” inside the Octagon with Palelei scoring a single takedown, raining down punches, and causing a knockout in just over 2 minutes of action against Pat Barry in December and Ruan Potts in May

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